Creating a video game

First, get into groups of 3. Your task at hand, with your group, is to "create" an educational video game appropriate for students your age, that deals with any core subject of your choosing. By "Create" I mean I want your group to think through the process of creating a video game, and come up with ideas on paper. Your goal is to come up with a interesting video game that also teaches students about a core subject taught in school. You are to hand in a short paper describing your individual work (each group member must hand in their own paper, detailing their work) and also be prepared to give a short presentation (three to five minutes) in front of the class dealing with your video game. The presentation should get students involved. Making a power point presentation is required. Nothing fancy, I feel it is the best way for you to illustrate the ideas of your video game. Feel free to get creative!

Group member 1 - Your personal task will be paying special attention to the plot and detail of the game. Just because this is an educational video game does not mean it can't be interesting. Develop the game through characters while still sticking to the education portion.

Group member 2 - Your personal task will be creating the visual portion of the actual video game. What will the setting look like? What will the characters look like? Obviously pick your most artistic group member for this.

Group member 3 - Your personal task will be creating how your groups subject of choice will work into the game. Will you be making a documentary type game of the civil war? How can you make it work with the plot?

Obviously there needs to be a lot of working together done by the group.Your personal tasks can't be completed properly without working together. Feel free to help each other out in any way possible. Assigning personal tasks is just a way I can keep track of your individual work. As a group you need to make a power point presentation that combines all these elements successfully. This is where all of your individual work gets combined.